Auto Trader announces the appointment of Ed Williams as its first independent Chairman. Ed founded Rightmove in 2000, helped the business become the first place where home hunters look for their next home and guided the company into the FTSE 250.

Guardian Media Group plc today announced completion of the disposal of its 50.1% stake in Trader Media Group to Funds advised by Apax Partners, its joint venture partner, which acquired its previous 49.9% stake in Trader Media from GMG in 2007

HUB International
Limited(HUB), a leading global insurance
brokerage, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to
be acquired by funds advised by Hellman & Friedman LLC. The
transaction values HUB at approximately US$4.4 Billion.